A crushing end to the Notre Dame boys’ basketball season last night in the class C1 semifinal by a score of 60-58 to the Avon Braves.

Entering the game against Avon undefeated and as the top seed in the bracket the first year being bumped up to class C, the Fighting Irish came up short in their bid to repeat as sectional champions. Tom Propero scored 15 points with 4 rebounds and 4 assists while Tim McCulley scored a team-high 22 points and pulled down 8 rebounds.

Notre Dame girls basketball is hoping their season does not come to an end tonight as well. They take on the undefeated and reigning state champion Elba Lancers for the third time this season in the class D1 semifinal. Notre Dame’s only two losses this season have come to Elba. We’ll have coverage from that game live tonight at 8 p.m. on AM 1490 WBTA and streaming live at WBTAi.com.

In other sectional basketball action last night, Batavia girls have advanced to the class B1 sectional title game with a 71-68 win over Pal-Mac. Ninth grader Madison McCulley scored 30 points with 6 assists and another freshman, Tiara Filbert, finished with 21 points and 9 rebounds. They’ll take on top-seeded Waterloo on Thursday at Gates-Chili at 6 p.m. That game will also be broadcast right there on AM 1490 and WBTAi.com.